I believe that insufficient publicity has been given to the allocation of a strategic development site on Scraptoft Golf Course. At the very least I would have expected the opportunity to view and discuss these plans at an exhibition or public meeting held in the village.

Scraptoft has been a building site for more than 15 years now, with over 700 houses built in the last 7 years. This has been very disruptive and local infrastructure has been stretched to breaking point.

A development of this size will inevitably harm local amenities and produce major traffic problems. The Nature Reserve must be protected as much for its historic importance as its wildlife value and the landscape value of the existing Golf Course must be protected.

I have no confidence that the social and transport infrastructure needed to support 1200 new homes will be provided. It will inevitably throw more strain on existing health and education and bring even more traffic through the village. It is also unclear how traffic from the site with find its way southwards towards Oadby, Fosse Park and M1. Given that plans have recently been published for an eastern by pass these plans are premature until there is more clarity about the provision of this new major road.